Ways to Make 5 and 10..Rainbows of Fun!

Ways to Make 5

We've been working on our fluency of addition and subtraction facts to 5 and my little scholars are getting so good at it! I found this gem on Pinterest and today we made our own version. We made an anchor chart for the ways to make 5 and we'll soon make one for ways to make 10.

We played a fun little partner game to build their fluency of facts within 5 called "Hiding in My Hand." Give each pair 5 pom poms or other small manipulatives. One of your little scholars will divide the pom poms up (2 in one hand, 3 in the other or 4 in one hand, 1 in the other, etc.) and show their partner the pom poms in one hand. The partner has to figure out how many pom poms are missing, building their fluency of facts within 5.

We also used these Duplo blocks to show the different ways of making 5.

Ways to Make 10

I've also started prepping my ways to make 10 activities. My favorite materials to use for teaching this unit are pom poms and bingo daubers. We'll play "Hiding in My Hand" with 10 pom poms and do some other activities my little scholars will love!

We'll be making our Poppin' Pairs of 10 books. My little scholars will keep these in their math folders and at the end of the unit will be able to take them home.

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You're welcome! I used your fluency flashcards today during small group. My kiddos picked a card and used their cubes (if necessary) to solve the problem. They got to keep the card they picked so everyone had the same amount at the end and everybody won! :)

I love this, we were just talking about it in the car yesterday with my Kindergartner and this will be a fun thing to follow up with at home since I just shared a Rainbow post too about cooking with kids. http://theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/2012/03/little-hands-that-cook-with-books-lets.html

Thanks for the rainbow math freebie. It's so cute and will be fun for my first graders. It's just what they need right now. I found your blog from a pin of this on pinterest. I'm happy to be your newest follower. Take care!

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